DUBAI / WAM The Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (TRA) holds its digital Ramadan Majlis to discuss smart government enablers on Microsoft Teams in attendance of more than 150 smart transformation pioneers representing 40 federal entities During the session, which is the final in a series of sessions held by the TRA during Ramadan, the smart government enablers team will provide some ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Office of the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (Unsco), expresses its gratitude to the Government of the UAE for the delivery of 14 tonnes of urgent medical supplies. The supplies will support the efforts to curb the spread of Covid-19 pandemic and its impact in the occupied Palestinian territory. The ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai Municipality has organised a number of awareness-raising campaigns remotely in the field of food safety, using modern electronic means and social media channels, reflecting its belief in its role of creating awareness in the society to ensure the highest levels of health and safety. These campaigns targeted consumers as well as food establishments to ensure commitment ...

DUBAI / WAM The Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation (Empower) has announced that the total length of its district cooling pipeline network in various regions of Dubai has exceeded more than 320 kilometres by the end of 2019, with a growth of 16 percent compared to 2018. Empower has sought to expand the geographical presence of its network in order ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Etisalat Group announced on Wednesday the resignation of Saleh Al Abdooli as the group’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO). In a statement, Etisalat Group cited “personal reasons” for Al Abdooli’s resignation, adding that the board of directors had accepted the resignation and appointed Hatem Dowidar as Acting Chief Executive Officer for the Group. Dowidar is currently the ...

DUBAI / WAM Enoc Link, Enoc’s digital fuel delivery arm, supported Dubai Municipality’s nation-wide disinfection drive by supplying more than 30,000 litres of fuel to undertake various sanitisation measures in Dubai. Enoc Link has been supporting the nation-wide disinfection drive since March 31. Dedicated delivery trucks fuelled 140 vehicles and 62 critical equipment of Dubai Municipality with free petrol and ...

Bloomberg The global plunge in electricity demand will drag on long after nations lift stay-at-home orders, leading to the biggest annual drop since the Great Depression and fundamentally reshaping power markets. As economies struggle to recover, worldwide electricity consumption will decline 5% in 2020, the most in more than eight decades, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). In the ...

Bloomberg New power from wind and solar is set to fall this year for the first time in two decades. Construction of new wind and solar farms is being delayed by factory closures, workers’ needs for social distancing and developers’ financial concerns as they emerge from the coronavirus crisis, according to research from the International Energy Agency. The world is ...

Bloomberg Canadian and Alaskan crude that normally travels to the US West Coast is finding a market in China, where demand is almost back to pre-pandemic levels. The Sofia became the second oil tanker in less than a month to ship Alaskan oil to Qingdao, China, when it left Valdez over the weekend, data compiled by Bloomberg show. At about ...

The economy isn’t going to bounce back quickly on its own from the coronavirus pandemic. State reopenings, premature or not, will restore a modicum of economic activity, but it won’t be enough to put many local businesses in the black. If the virus comes roaring back in states that reopen, it will cause a wave of fear that will depress ...